Welcome to my first Suits Fic! (Long time lurker. First time writer...for suits that is. I have a Psychfic story in prgress my pen name's Tenshi)!
I'm kind of experimenting here. I'm keeping the first few (maybe two) chapters shorter than the rest. (To see how much interest I raise.)
This story is an excuse for Hurt!Mike and Caring!Harvey. But don't worry, this isn't a "pain without plot" story. It has plot AND pain.
Well enough of my rambling. Enjoy!
By the way, I don't own Suits. (Drats!)
Mike pedaled his bike to work. He was only a few moments away from reaching his destination. Even still, today would be the first time in a long time that he would make it to work early. Harvey would be proud, not that he'd admit it.
He parked his bike, took off his helmet, and headed inside. He breezed passed his fellow associates as they snicked, stared, and whispered, then headed to the elevator.
Upon getting out he headed to Donna's desk first. She stared at him for a while before saying, "Wow. You're here early? Harvey would be proud, though he'd never admit it."
Mike laughed and headed to Harvey's office. "My sentiments, exactly," he hollered back at her. Mike knocked on Harvey's door. Harvey was no good to Mike if he was in a bad mood, especially if it was Mike that put him in the bad mood in the first place. After receiving a nod from Harvey, Mike let himself in.
"Here early, I see?" Harvey asked as he stood from his desk, holding a folder. He handed it to Mike without any question and started explaining the details. "Client by the name of Hailey Malone is suing Dr. McGuire for malpractice. According to her, she went to see Dr. McGuire, who for every time she went, either misdiagnosed her, or gave her prescriptions for medicines that weren't for what she had. Of course, the doctor doesn't do refunds. So, she decided to do a little digging and found other patients of Dr. McGuire. She researched about fifteen. Of those fifteen, nine of them are dead. The "lucky" ones still face complications from past medicines and treatments that they were wrongly prescribed. The problem is, for every accusation, Dr. McGuire has an even better argument."
Mike stood there as he tried to take in everything Harvey had told him. What doctor would do anything like that? Why would any doctor do anything like that? "So we needa see what exactly the doctor's motives are, that is, if he's even a real doctor. Has the clinic confirmed his license?"
"Of course they do. But then again, I've confirmed your law degree multiple times, now haven't I?" Mike smirked and Harvey raised an eyebrow. " I know I probably shouldn't ask you for this since last time you tried this you got caught." There was a long silence in the room before Harvey started speaking again. "But...I'll need you to look for anything that might incriminate this guy. Arrest records. Previous lawsuits. I'll even be happy if you can find something as low as parking tickets. Just get me something to work with."
Mike nodded and walked out of Harvey's office. Headed straight for the cubicle. Once he got to his desk, he took a seat and stared at a blank computer screen. He really didn't know where to start. He glanced at the file some more, knowing he wouldn't get anything new. Then, he did what any other desperate associate would do. He got on Google.
As soon as Mike typed in "Dr. Peter McGuire", thousands of links came up. he hit the first one. It was the official website to his clinic. "Cure U Clinic". Rather childish name. If that wasn't grounds for suspicion then he didn't know what was. According to the website, the clinic has been running for twelve years now, run by the one and only Dr. McGuire.
Mike began more websites. And more websites. And more websites. He has a Facebook page? A few hours had passed. His eyes were burning from staring at the screen for so long, he was close to giving up. Until he found a jackpot. It was a blog. A blog written by a nurse who quit working for Cure U five years ago. It mentioned how the nurse, Sheila Ramsey, was always suspicious of McGuire's character. It also mentioned that multiple times he had something to hide from his employees. How he would always ask Sheila to lie if cops came by. And that Cure U was facing major financial problems.
After reading the blog, Mike wanted to jump up and down...that is, until he remembered where he was. Instead, he printed out the article and ran straight to Harvey's office. Mike knocked on his door and let himself in. "Found something," he said as he put the article on Harvey's desk.
Harvey's eyebrow once again went up. "A blog?" Harvey not too impressed with Mike's source choices.
Mike nodded and urged Harvey to read more. When he was done, Harvey put the blog down. "It's little to work with, but I think we can use this. She definitely has answers."
"So we find the nurse, and we can pin McGuire. So how do we find her?" Mike and Harvey looked at each other.
That is, until an idea came to Harvey's head. "I have a friend that works with the police. I'll ask if they can find a way to look up where Sheila works or lives."
Mike walked out the door. He was getting lunch. He totally deserved it.
Bam!
An hour later, Mike went into Harvey's office. "Got anything."
Harvey sighed. "She's dead."
Mike blinked a couple of times. "She's what, now?"
"She's dead. Freak car accident."
"When did it happen?"
"December 3, 2006. She was DOA."
Then, it hit Mike. Wait. December 3?" Harvey nodded. "That's a week after she quit Cure U. That's also two days after she posted her blog."
Harvey knew that couldn't be good. "Are you sure?"
Mike started fishing out the blog from Harvey's desk. "Look at the date. And check this out. The last line says, "This is only part one of everything I have to say. Wait for next week's post." She was gonna spill the beans. That freak accident, was not an accident."
"It looks like Dr. McGuire staged the whole thing. When I talked to my friend, he said they held an investigation. They didn't believe it was an accident either. But they couldn't arrest a suspect. They even questioned Dr. McGuire. His alibi was rock solid. But if it was him, what secret was so important to kill for?"
Mike shrugged. "You know, the clinic's still open. why don't we pay him a visit?"
Harvey shook his head. "Bad idea. He sees two lawyers, he'll run the other way."
Mike nodded. "It's a big clinic. How much do you wanna bet I can find something without being noticed."
Harvey shook his head. "I wouldn't bet the farm."
Soooo what do you think? Okay, I guess that's a little too early to ask, but it'll be nice to know.
(Anyone else think The Shelf Life episode was fricking HILARIOUS?)
More to come :)
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